Which has better reviews, Chief Editor or Published By?

Published By has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 1 reviews) compared to Chief Editor (4.0★ from 2 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Chief Editor or Published By?

Published By holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.0★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Chief Editor or Published By?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Chief Editor has the deeper published review base (2 vs 1), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Chief Editor typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (2 reviews). Published By typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Chief Editor and Published By?

Migration support varies by app and category. Chief Editor and Published By both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Published By" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

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Chief Editor vs Published By — WordPress

Chief Editor vs Published By

Name: Chief Editor
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Chief Editor

4.0·2reviews·10+installs

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	Chief Editor	Published By
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Description	928 / 5000 chars19% used	1553 / 5000 chars31% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	termel	Scott Reilly
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Feature comparison between Chief Editor and Published By
Metric	Chief Editor	Published By
Rating	4.0 ★	★ 5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 2	1
Active installs	10+	50+
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3. App details

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Chief Editor

This plugin is aimed to help the multisite wordpress editor-in-chief in order to plan publication of posts. Both PRINT and WEB workflows. More particularly: Manage all posts across all sites in the network : they are shown with a link to the article for quick reviewing or editing. See all recent comments accross the network of a multisite install, a link allow the user to answer directly. Author stats tab allow you to compare all authors efficiency accross the network. And give much more stats. One button ready for publication notification process in order for authors to receive their post and validate it before publication Calendar, allowing for global point of view, is available for chief editor of blog network. Roles aware allow editors to manage almost all, and contributors to only see prepared posts. Custom statistics for more precise control Translations Serbo-Croatian : https://webhostinggeeks.com/

Top keywords

network4×2.76%
allow3×2.07%
posts3×2.07%
publication3×2.07%
accross2×1.38%
accross the network2×1.38%
authors2×1.38%
link2×1.38%
multisite2×1.38%
order2×1.38%
see2×1.38%
stats2×1.38%

Published By

This plugin records which user actually published a post, which in a multi-author environment may not always be the original post author. This helps to maintain accountability for who was ultimately responsible for a post appearing live on a site. The admin listing of posts is amended with a new “Published By” column that shows the name of the person who published the post (for those posts that have actually been published). A dropdown above admin post listings allows for the listing to be filtered by a particular publishing user (but only includes posts with a known publishing user). For posts that were published prior to the use of this plugin (and thus the plugin could not directly record who published those posts), the plugin makes a best guess attempt to ascertain who published the post. After failing to find the publisher of the post as recorded by the plugin, it checks for who last edited the post, then who is responsible for the latest revision of the post, and finally failing those, it assumes it was the post author. In cases where it had to go through this process, the name of the person it deduced as the likely publisher appears italicized and with a question mark at the end. If you’d rather the plugin not make an attempt to guess the publisher, you can disable the checks by including this snippet in your theme’s functions.php (or, ideally, a site-specific mu-plugin): Links: Plugin Homepage | Plugin Directory Page | GitHub | Author Homepage

Top keywords

post10×3.94%
published7×2.76%
posts5×1.97%
author3×1.18%
publisher3×1.18%
user3×1.18%
actually2×0.79%

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